Differences in auditory and physiological properties of HVC neurons between reproductively active male and female canaries (Serinus canaria)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1377-1389

  Del Negro, Catherine ^a   Edeline, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory responses; HVc; Sexual differences; Single unit; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CANARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CANARIES; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035783659     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01758.x     Document Type: Article

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